Tag: windsor

Todays activity was a two Kayak run on the Thames at Windsor. The weather was fantastic. The rive was like a mill pond. I started off at about 8.30am and the river was very quiet, not many boats on the water at all. Windsor was devoid of most tourists so quiet overall.

We didn’t plan for a Lego weekend but none the less, its seems to be a weekend dominated by Lego.

Debbie’s birthday is coming up soon and she has wanted the 70922 Joker’s Manor set for some time now. Just by chance, I noticed that Smyths Toys had a sale on and it was reduced from around £260 to £170 so we bought this as its a fantastic set and price along with a similarly reduced BB8 set.

I also received an email newsletter from Lego promoting their new Tron cycles set and then found buyers on Ebay selling the set from the official London launch signed by the designers. Again, we had to have one of these and after some bids and offers on Lego managed to pick one up for £60. This should arrive early next week and hope its as described?

I also mentioned to Debbie that the Lego store in London has a Mosaic booth which takes your photograph and turns this into an image with all the bricks you need to make your own portrait from Lego. You get the large photographic plan with a box of Lego bricks to make your portrait. We noticed they also have the same at LEGOLAND in Windsor and decided to pop there this morning.

You have to go to the LEGOLAND Hotel reception. There the staff give you one of the security cards that guests normally use so you can access the lift. When you get to the right floor, you are right next to the bar, restaurant and other children’s attractions inside the Hotel. You present your voucher (£99 cost) and the staff help you to use the photo booth. It takes about 10 minutes after which you get your box of 1×1 bricks and your photographic plan for making your own mosaic. The box also includes a large base plate. This will look great when framed.

Debbie has just gone into the booth.

Debbie holding her box of 1×1 bricks and base plate for the Mosaic

The restaurant and Mosaic maker area.

The animated clock and Dragon at the Hotel entrance who snores and breathes smoke from his nose